[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-ireland-mountains-to-sea-book-festival-2015":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I used to think Dun Laoghaire in Ireland was pronounced 'dun leg hair', but in fact, you say it 'dun leery'. And that's where I went this weekend for \u003Ca href=\"http://www.mountainstosea.ie/\">Mountains to Sea Book Festival\u003C/a>, along with a gorgeous gaggle of other writers, illustrators and book people, including this gang here: Oxford Story Museum's \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/tom_donegan\">Tom Donegan\u003C/a>, writer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.judicurtin.com/\">Judi Curtin\u003C/a>, fellow space cadet and co-author \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/mountains-to-sea-2015.html\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> and writer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.stevecolebooks.co.uk/\">Steve Cole\u003C/a>: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/m2c_panel_zpsvomiwcdc-5f51a5402c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nBut I'm so madly busy working on \u003Ci>Pugs of the Frozen North\u003C/i> right now (my upcoming book with Philip Reeve), that Philip kindly offered to do the blogging for me! \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/mountains-to-sea-2015.html\">So pop over to his blog for ALL OF THE NEWS\u003C/a>: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/mountains-to-sea-2015.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/m2c15_reeveblog_zpsbfnh6gst-17e3cd47b3.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/mountains-to-sea-2015.html\">\u003Cfont size=\"3\">***Keep reading Philip's blog here!***\u003C/a>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nHuge thanks to organiser and writer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.sarahwebb.info/\">Sarah Webb\u003C/a> for making everything go so smoothly! Also, big thanks to \u003Ca href=\"http://oxfordshirebookaward.webs.com/\">Oxfordshire Book Awards\u003C/a> for making \u003Ci>There's a Shark in the Bath\u003C/i> your runner-up winner in the Picture Book category. Fab! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/m2c15_frock_sm_zpsydzrpuja-a07ce2b780.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOne more thing, journalist \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/fionanoblebooks\">Fiona Noble\u003C/a> in \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/thebookseller\">\u003Ci>The Bookseller\u003C/i>\u003C/a> magazine just featured \u003Ci>Pugs of the Frozen North\u003C/i> as one of her top books to watch out for. Thanks, Fiona!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugs_bookseller_zpshtgeu5fl-2377fd8976.jpg\">","2015-03-24T13:40:00.000Z","ireland-mountains-to-sea-book-festival-2015",[],"ireland: mountains to sea book festival 2015",1776628727451]